"Over the last five years, Praise Shadows Art Gallery has become Boston’s most respected contemporary art gallery—all while technically being just over the border in Brookline. Now, with a little help from Mayor Michelle Wu, the gallery is moving to the city proper, to a central downtown storefront.
“It looks like a Tribeca space, or an old-school SoHo gallery,” gallery founder Yng-Ru Chen said. She’s opening with a group show, “Summoning,” on March 13, featuring paintings by Oliver Jeffers, ceramics by Cathy Lu, photographs by Billie Mandle, and sculptures by Jean Shin, among other works. Later on the docket for 2026 are three solo shows for Boston-based artists, Crystalle Lacouture, Juan José Barboza-Gubo, and Brooke Stewart..."
